Sunday, March 13, 2022

Today's News: Stepping on a Lego

I found this image on twitter -- and anyone who has ever stepped barefoot on a lego knows what will happen next:

Many stories tonight projecting Russia's ultimate defeat - provided Ukraine can hang on long enough and the arms keep flowing from Canada, the US and Europe. Cities are just being hammered, and Russia is committing war crimes every day. But here is an excellent article by Bush apologist/ international relations expert Francis Fukuyama: 
Russia is heading for an outright defeat in Ukraine. Russian planning was incompetent, based on a flawed assumption that Ukrainians were favorable to Russia and that their military would collapse immediately following an invasion. Russian soldiers were evidently carrying dress uniforms for their victory parade in Kyiv rather than extra ammo and rations. Putin at this point has committed the bulk of his entire military to this operation—there are no vast reserves of forces he can call up to add to the battle. 
Russian troops are stuck outside various Ukrainian cities where they face huge supply problems and constant Ukrainian attacks. The collapse of their position could be sudden and catastrophic, rather than happening slowly through a war of attrition. The army in the field will reach a point where it can neither be supplied nor withdrawn, and morale will vaporize. 
From CNN:
This whole 25-tweet thread is worth checking but here is the main map showing the situation March 11: Here is an interesting analysis of the Kyiv situation: Another lengthy thread on why Russia's army is not winning: I don't know whether this story is true or not, but it SHOULD be true! I've been seeing so many pictures from Ukraine and here are the ones that affected me the most. 
This used to be a pleasant street: These little angel wings!


This is beautiful:

Finally, this:
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